A Year of Living Without

Or, How I Made Room for Life By Leo Babauta For the next 12 months, I’ll be conducting a personal experiment that I’m calling A Year of Living Without. It’s my way of finding out what’s truly necessary, of simplifying my life, of making room for other things. I’m testing the boundaries of my needs. It’s good to test your personal boundaries now and then (or, if you’re me, all the time). So what’s the Year of Living Without? Each month, I’ll go the whole month without one thing I do every day. Something that I tend to not want to give up, for various reasons. I’ll give up something for a month, then evaluate whether it was something I enjoyed giving up, whether it’s worth leaving it out of my life, or if I want to put it back in after the month’s over. The next month, I’ll try giving up something else (see the list below). The 12 Things I’ll Live Without Each month, I’ll try a different experiment: July: Coffee. I drink about 1-2 cups each morning, and it’s the first thing I do each morning after I meditate. I’ve quit coffee a couple times in the past, as experiments, but haven’t found it to be useful or enjoyable. I’m going to give it another try. Starting today. Replacement habit: tea. August: Sitting for longer than 30 mins at a time. I work online. I also read a lot online. And do research, pay bills, watch some videos, etc. You get the picture ̵...
Source: Zen Habits - Category: Life Coaches Authors: Tags: Simplicity Source Type: blogs